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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Eventually, what faith does Schwartz embrace?
2. Schwartz tells those in declining health that they should take on what characteristics?
3. According to Schwartz, figuring out what activities one should do requires knowing what aspect of one's life?
4. Schwartz explains that, first and foremost, one must obtain what type of involvement in life?
5. How many years prior to writing his book did Schwartz decide that he was not satisfied with his religious views?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 7, Morrie discusses relationships and making new friends. Describe how Morrie's social group of friends transformed after he was diagnosed with his illness.
2. In Chapter 9, Morrie stresses the importance of detachment from the disease. Explain why this detachment is so important to Morrie. What personally helps Morrie form this sense of detachment?
3. In Chapter 8, Morrie discusses newly found freedom of being whom you want to be. Explain this freedom and why it suddenly occurs.
4. In Chapter 6, Morrie discusses the sociologist Erving Goffman. Explain how Morrie incorporates Goffman's theories into his own ideas.
5. In Chapter 8, Morrie explains that privacy is a major issue to one in declining health. Explain why privacy is so important.
6. In Chapter 6, Morrie discusses suffering. Briefly discuss Morrie's view on suffering and how it relates to one experiencing declining health.
7. In Chapter 6, Morrie explains the importance of not becoming useless. Explain why not becoming useless is so important.
8. At the end of Chapter 7, Morrie talks about how friends and family will have a distorted image of their loved one who is suffering. Explain this distorted image.
9. At the end of Chapter 6, Morrie explains how he became well-known. Explain the process which leads to Morrie being in the public eye.
10. In Chapter 8, Morrie discusses the importance of relating to one's self. Explain Morrie's thoughts on relating to one's self.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 1, background information is given about Schwartz, and the progress of his disease is explained. Give a detailed explanation of Schwartz's background. Describe what makes him so qualified to write a book like "Morrie: In His Own Words." Finally, discuss the progress of Schwartz's loss of physical power and the mental and physical feelings associated with the loss of power.
Essay Topic 2
Schwartz describes an extremely passionate scene from a group therapy session that he attended to help express loss. Describe this therapy session and the reward that Schwartz was able to obtain from this therapy session.
Essay Topic 3
Morrie Schwartz has a definite target audience for his book "Morrie: In His Own Words." Describe Schwartz's intended audience. Give specific examples from the book to support your answer.
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